VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC
29 Apr Government Tax Profession

VOA: 125-year-old agency to be absorbed into HMRC

Union calls decision to move ALB's functions into HMRC a “slap in the face to hard-working civil servants”
by Tevye Markson
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
28 Nov Government Tax Profession
Union sounds alarm on Valuation Office Agency ‘integration’ with HMRC
'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
15 Aug Government Tax Profession
'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
12 Jun Government Tax Profession
SR25: HMRC gets £1.7bn for big increase in compliance and debt management staff
HMRC phone lines closed over 'technical issue' – MPs demand answers
05 Dec 2022 Government Tax Profession
HMRC phone lines closed over 'technical issue' – MPs demand answers
Suspension of helpline services a "serious concern", Treasury committee chair says
PCS to reballot HMRC on strike action after 47% turnout falls short
10 Nov 2022 Government Tax Profession
PCS to reballot HMRC on strike action after 47% turnout falls short
HMRC will vote to join industrial action in early 2023, union chief Mark Serwotka predicts
HMRC using ‘digital prompts’ to ensure wealthy people pay enough tax
04 Oct 2022 Government Tax Profession
HMRC using ‘digital prompts’ to ensure wealthy people pay enough tax
Departmental report reveals use of technology and data to help identify possible shortfalls
'We’re here to lock up the bad guys': using forensics to foil fraudsters
02 Aug 2022 Government Tax Profession
'We’re here to lock up the bad guys': using forensics to foil fraudsters
A huge diversity of people and roles make up the modern civil service. Colin Smith started out as a police officer before moving into the private sector. Now he leads forensics at HMRC
Sunak cleared of ministerial code breach over tax affairs
28 Apr 2022 Government Tax Profession
Sunak cleared of ministerial code breach over tax affairs
Lord Geidt investigation clears chancellor as questions arise over Sajid Javid's past tax affairs
A matter of tax: HMRC's Angela MacDonald on hubs, fraud and why she'd never leave Yorkshire Exclusive
03 Feb 2022 Government Tax Profession
A matter of tax: HMRC's Angela MacDonald on hubs, fraud and why she'd never leave Yorkshire
Second perm sec Angela MacDonald reflects on HMRC's role in the Covid response and EU transition, and what its massive office rationalisation programme means for levelling up
Thousands of regional jobs saved in HMRC U-turn
26 Jan 2022 Government Tax Profession
Thousands of regional jobs saved in HMRC U-turn
HMRC had planned to move almost 3,000 jobs from Portsmouth and East Kilbride
Read the January 2022 issue of Civil Service World
24 Jan 2022 Government Tax Profession
Read the January 2022 issue of Civil Service World
Featuring exclusive interviews with HMRC's second perm sec and Cop26's chief operating officer
HMRC struggles to recover billions in overpaid Covid-19 support and tax debts
22 Nov 2021 Government Tax Profession
HMRC struggles to recover billions in overpaid Covid-19 support and tax debts
Taskforce likely to recover minority of support paid in error and fraud as NAO says department needs to increase its debt recovery capacity
Pandemic-driven flexible working progress saves hundreds of HMRC jobs
05 Nov 2021 Government Tax Profession
Pandemic-driven flexible working progress saves hundreds of HMRC jobs
But department’s annual report estimates fraud in Covid support schemes topped £6bn in 2020-21
HMRC opens redundancy scheme amid office closures
12 Jul 2021 Government Tax Profession
HMRC opens redundancy scheme amid office closures
Nearly 230 staff have until the end of July to accept redundancy offers
Pandemic could make HMRC’s hubs plan ‘woefully out of date’, MPs warn
21 Jan 2021 Government Tax Profession
Pandemic could make HMRC’s hubs plan ‘woefully out of date’, MPs warn
Report also says department has spent too much of its IT budget patching up legacy systems rather than modernising them